Shigeru Ban uses wood "in abundance" at Toyota City Museum in Japan
A large wooden roof with a decorative structure depicting the emblem of the city Toyota tops this museum in Japan, completed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More
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Blank walls control light and views at House in Kyobate by FujiwaraMuro Architects
Slim openings and silver wallpaper bounce light around the interiors of this minimalist home in Japan, which local studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed "to block noise and visibility from the outside". More
Snøhetta designs sweeping holiday home for foothills of Mount Yōtei
A crescent-shaped volume will enclose this holiday home, which architecture studio Snøhetta has designed for hospitality brand Not A Hotel in a ski resort on Hokkaido Island, Japan. More
Studio Cochi Architects creates raw concrete house in Japan
Thick walls of exposed concrete create a buffer from the surrounding city at House in Nishizaki, Japan, which has been completed by architecture practice Studio Cochi Architects. More
FujiwaraMuro Architects overlaps concrete boxes to form Osaka house
A blocky concrete form and cutout courtyards define House in Tsurumi-ku, a family home that Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects has added to a sloping street corner in Osaka. More
Dezeen Debate features forest house with "brutal privacy screens"
The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a home surrounded by concrete blocks by design studio Nendo. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More
Angled concrete blocks screen home in Japanese forest by Nendo
Screens of concrete panels surround Block Wall House, a triangular home that design studio Nendo has nestled into a forest in Japan. More
Chidori Studio draws on industrial references for home in Japan
Architecture practice Chidori Studio has completed Hokuriku Residence No. 3, a house in Hakusan that references traditional Japanese homes and industrial architecture. More
Kooo Architects creates narrow Tokyo hotel with cut-out balconies and terraces
Japanese studio Kooo Architects has designed the skinny Hotel Rakuragu in central Tokyo to have a "unique shape", with cut-out balconies that help to preserve privacy. More
Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth
Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. More
IGArchitects slots skinny 2700 house into narrow plot in Japan
Walls of exposed concrete define this skinny house in Saitama, Japan, which local studio IGArchitects designed with a width of just 2.7 metres. More
Narrow timber columns frame interiors of home in Japan by IGArchitects
Slender timber columns frame the living spaces in Forest of Pillars, a block of two family homes in Fukushima, Japan, designed by local studio IGArchitects to reference the forest of thin trees at the rear of the site. More
NYAWA updates traditional Japanese home to celebrate the "passage of time"
Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan, to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can "feel the passage of time". More
Slow uses charred wood to clad "hut-like" home in Japan
Local practice Slow has created a family home in Nagoya, Japan, which has a raw exterior of blackened wood and corten steel topped with an overhanging pitched roof. More
BIG designs trio of villas nestled into remote Japanese island
Architecture studio BIG has released images of Not A Hotel Setouchi, a trio of holiday villas it has designed for Sagishima island in Japan. More
Studio AMB "reinterprets ancient traditions" for guesthouse in Japan
Architecture practice Studio AMB has renovated a century-old traditional Japanese home in the Misumi region of Shimane to create a minimalist guesthouse, featuring a communal ground floor that is open to the elements. More
IGArchitects designs home in Japan as "one big room"
Japanese studio IGArchitects conceived this home in Tokyo as an adaptable space for both living and working, with stepped living areas framed by boardmarked concrete walls. More
"I don't want to make crazy buildings" says Junya Ishigami
Known for a string of boundary-pushing projects, Japanese architect Junya Ishigami discusses his unusual approach to designing buildings in this exclusive interview. More
Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designs Japanese house to be "one big cat tree"
Architect Tan Yamanouchi & AWGL designed A Cat Tree House as a home in Kamakura, Japan, for his family and cats. More
Construction begins on Expo 2025 Osaka masterplan by Sou Fujimoto
A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. More